Why the study?
Do Type D personality and high pre-implantation device concerns increase short-term mortality in ICD patients?
Population
371 consecutively implanted ICD patients, 79.5% men
Comparison
Type D personality and/or high levels of… vs Non-Type D personality and/or low levels of ICD…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
short-term
Authors
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May flag higher short-term mortality risk in ICD patients; hypothesis-generating for distress interventions, should not yet change practice.
Do Type D personality and high pre-implantation device concerns increase short-term mortality in ICD patients?
Type D personality and high pre-implantation device concerns are independent predictors of short-term mortality in ICD patients, suggesting a need for distress management in this subgroup.
Pedersen et al. (2010) studied this question.
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